【大纪元2月19日讯】自由时报
Guests will be free to check out when they please if Hungary succeeds in converting its hulking jails into luxury hotels.
倘若匈牙利成功把笨重的监狱改造为奢华旅馆，宾客们高兴什么时候退房皆悉听尊便。
Keen to fill a hole in its budget and replace some of its overcrowded prisons with new facilities, the Hungarian government is talking to a Spanish firm interested in buying its jails in prime downtown locations.
渴望填补预算漏洞及想将部分人满为患的监狱改头换面的匈牙利政府，正与一家有意购买其位于市中心地点的监狱的西班牙公司洽谈。
Once home to some of the country’s most dangerous criminals, the star-shaped Csillag prison in the south-eastern city of Szeged is one jail that could be sold, with the proceeds used to build a more modern, humane prison in the suburbs.
曾是该国部分最危险罪犯的收容处、位于东南城市赛盖德的星形Csillag监狱，就是待价而沽的监狱之一，其收益将用来在郊区打造一座更现代与人道的监狱。
“You could do marvels with that building,” said State Secretary Ferenc Kondorosi, who noted Hungary’s prisons have a 138 percent occupancy rate.
（司法部 )秘书长康多罗索说：“这栋建筑可以创造奇迹”，他并提及匈牙利监狱收容率达138％。
The government also plans to sell off Budapest buildings housing its ministries to create a new administrative district.
匈牙利政府还打算卖掉多栋位于布达佩斯的部会办公大楼，以便成立一个新的行政区域。
新闻辞典
turn…into：词组，使…变成。convert…into，使…转变为。例句：Tadpoles turn into frogs.（蝌蚪变成青蛙。 )
check out：词组，饭店退房；死亡。类似词组，check it out，意同take a look，即“看看吧”。例句：She checked out last week; the funeral is tomorrow.（她上周死了，丧礼明天举行。 )
proceeds：名词，收益，收入。proceed，动词，继续做，进行，开展。例句：After you clear customs and immigration, please proceed to the airport arrival hall.（当你通过海关与移民证照检查后，请继续前往走到机场入境大厅。 )
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